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LDL Does Not Cause Heart
Disease: Study

Bonnie and
Steve:A
group of
researchers
in the
September
issue ofExpert
Review of
Clinical
Pharmacologytook
the current
treatment
protocol for
lowering
cholesterol
for
preventing
cardiovascular
disease
(CVD) to
task. You
can read the
full studyhere.
In short,
the group of
experts and
investigators
concluded:

The
hypothesis
that
high
total
cholesterol
(TC)
or
LDL-cholseterol
(LDL-C)
causes
atherosclerosis
and
CVD
has
been
shown
to
be
false
by
numerous
observations
and
experiments;

The
fact
that
high
LDL-C
is
beneficial
in
terms
of
overall
lifespan
has
been
ignored
by
researchers
who
support
the
lipid
hypothesis;

The
assertion
that
statin
treatment
is
beneficial
has
been
kept
alive
by
individuals
who
have
ignored
the
results
from
trials
with
negative
outcomes
and
by
using
deceptive
statistics;

That
statin
treatment
has
many
serious
side
effects
has
been
minimized
by
individuals
who
have
used
a
misleading
trial
design
and
have
ignored
reports
from
independent
researchers;

That
high
LDL-C
is
the
cause
of
CVD
in
familial
hypercholesterolemia
(FH)
is
questionable
because
LDL-C
does
not
differ
between
untreated
FH
individuals
with
and
without
CVD;

Millions
of
people
all
over
the
world,
including
many
with
no
history
of
heart
disease,
are
taking
statins,
and
PCSK-9
inhibitors
to
lower
LDL-C
further
are
now
being
promoted,
despite
unproven
benefits
and
serious
side
effects;

We
suggest
that
clinicians
should
abandon
the
use
of
statins
and
PCSK-9
inhibitors
and
instead
identify
and
target
the
actual
causes
of
CVD.

Pretty
strong
stuff.
As we
have
said for
years,
you must
look at
CVD risk
as a
pie.
LDL,
HDL,
Triglycerides,
and
C-Reactive
Protein
(for
inflammation)
are all
slices
of the
pie. If
inflammation
is half
the pie,
cholesterol
is only
a small
slice.
Treating
only
cholesterol
has
gotten
us a
poor
return
on our
CVD
prevention
investment.
We must
treat
the
whole
pie!

NCI Well
Connect
members
article
today
sheds
some
light on
new
treatments
that
help
treat
the
whole
CVD pie.

Treating the Whole CVD
Pie

This
article
is
reserved
for NCI
Well
Connect
Members.

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